Student, 26, died in 'near head-on' Shropshire crash after losing control on bend
A student died in a “near head-on” crash in Shropshire after losing control on a bend, an inquest was told.
Gemma Margaret Hawksey, aged 26, died at the scene on the A442 at Echoes Hill, near Bridgnorth on August 21 last year after the Kia Picanto she was driving collided with an oncoming Mercedes.
An inquest into her death at Shropshire Coroner’s Court, Guildhall, Shrewsbury, was told that emergency services were called to the scene and found Miss Hawksey unresponsive.
Despite their best efforts, nothing could be done to save her and Miss Hawksey was pronounced dead at 4.20pm.
Miss Hawksey was from Macclesfield, Cheshire, but lived in Bath, Somerset.
Her fiancee, Hannah Twine, was in the car with her. The vehicle Miss Hawksey was driving belonged to Miss Twine’s mother.
A collision investigator found that Miss Hawksey, who “was not familiar with the road” lost control and drove into the wrong lane on a right-hand bend.
Dashcam footage showed there was nothing the Mercedes driver could do to avoid the crash.
John Ellery, senior coroner for Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, recorded a conclusion of road traffic collision.
At the time the Shropshire Star reported that the crash took place on the A442 near Bridgnorth at around 3.51pm.
The West Midlands Ambulance Service attended the scene, with two ambulances, an air ambulance, and two paramedic officers dispatched to help.
A spokesman for the ambulance service said that despite crews' efforts one woman had died, while another woman from the same car had been treated for potentially serious injuries then taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, and another man from the second vehicle was taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital with injuries not believed to be serious.
The spokesman said: “On arrival, crews found two cars had been involved in a collision and there were three patients. The first patient, a woman, was found in a critical condition.
“Sadly, despite everyone’s best efforts, she could not be saved and was confirmed dead at the scene.
“A woman from the same car was treated for potentially serious injuries and taken via land ambulance, with the air ambulance doctor travelling on board, to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for further treatment.
“The driver of the second car, a man, was already out of the vehicle when crews arrived. He was treated by medics for injuries not believed to be serious and taken via land ambulance to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.”